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Study aim
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Investigating the effect of hydroalcoholic extract ointment of Teucrium polium on the healing process of burn wounds
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Design
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During days 1, 3, 6, 9, and 14, the wound surface will be photographed by a 12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm camera from similar distance and area. The wound area will be calculated using Digimizer software. On the mentioned days, the wound is also evaluated and scored by the Betts Jensen's wound evaluation tool. On the sixth day of the study, a culture of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas is prepared from the wound.
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Settings and conduct
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Patients with second degree burns who refer to our hospital will be selected; the study is in the form of a clinical trial.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria:
-Second degree burns injury
-Absence of underlying disease
Exclusion criteria:
-Electrical or chemical burns
-Burn wounds that require debridement
-Transfer from another treatment center
-Burn area more than 40% (according to Lund and Browder chart)
-The burn wound is stained with substances
-Allergy to the prepared ointment
-Reluctance to participate in the study
-Wound infection
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Intervention groups
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In this experimental study, 76 patients who suffered from second-degree thermal burns injury will be examined in two similar areas of their body. One area as the experimental group is the place where the extract is used as an ointment for ten days and the opposite area is the control group. Silver sulfadiazine ointment is applied for the control group.
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Main outcome variables
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Investigating and comparing the rate of wound healing and its area using the Betts-Johnson criterion and photographing the wound on the first, third, sixth, ninth, and the fifteenth days, and examining the wound culture for Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas on the sixth day between the control and intervention groups.